11/16/25 GAMEDAY Bills vs Buccaneers Post Game Thread

[4th&long]

1 minute ago, vincec said:

Stop the run with a light box and high safeties. Pressure the QB with a four man rush. Give up no big plays.

 

problem is, you need at least 2 app pro DL to make that work and they don’t have them. Not even close.

It looks like the plan is to let the other team go up and down the field all day and pray Josh is money. 

[Slack_in_MA]

Just now, 4th&long said:

It looks like the plan is to let the other team go up and down the field all day and pray Josh is money. 

Yep, pretty much.

[Turbo44]

1 hour ago, fan_in_tx said:

Did any of our WR Screens work?  Frustrating to see those called on second and long..

Tai is a rb but his was the same screen we do with the wr’s. That turned out decently 

[GoBills808]

We have a lot of good players tbh

 

Benford is great. Hairston and Bishop might be great. Walker as well. Rousseau and Epenesa are good. Bosa is good Oliver is better than good Bernard when healthy is good

 

We have plenty of talent on defense

 

12 minutes ago, 4th&long said:

Does anybody know what the ***** McD Defensive philosophy is? What the hell is he trying to do? That defense is total trash. We might have 2 good players with a few rookies we can hope devlop. 

 

[boyst]

9 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

Just look how bad the ravens were when he was out.
 

I will never understand the "system " argument after seeing that dumpster fire of an offence they had when he missed time

The system is designed for him. He runs it perfectly. 

[BillsFan130]

2 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:

The only real argument against Lamar is playoff/big game failures.  Otherwise people are just finding reasons to hate.  He is a unicorn, Josh is a unicorn.  They both do things differently than any player has before so people try to find reasons to knock them down.

The playoff failure is 100 percent fair as he hasn't been great.

But any other criticism of him, or people say he has the success cause the system? That's just ridiculous IMO

[Big Turk]

Beane and McD's 100th win together gets a game ball from Pegula...

 

 

 

[billsfan89]

1 minute ago, GoBills808 said:

We have a lot of good players tbh

 

Benford is great. Hairston and Bishop might be great. Walker as well. Rousseau and Epenesa are good. Bosa is good Oliver is better than good Bernard when healthy is good

 

We have plenty of talent on defense

 

 

The whole is less than the sum of its parts which is insanely frustrating. McD is supposed to be a defensive coach but this team is under performing its talent level at times. 

[BillsFan130]

Just now, boyst said:

The system is designed for him. He runs it perfectly. 

He was an mvp well before Derrick Henry got there if that's what you're implying

Hes been elite since 2019

[billsfan_34]

1 hour ago, Breakout Squad said:

100%

 

Imagine this defense with Fred Warner (healthy). Never missed a game until his nasty ankle injury 

Right! Or a Takeo Spikes type? 

[vincec]

1 minute ago, GoBills808 said:

We have a lot of good players tbh

 

Benford is great. Hairston and Bishop might be great. Walker as well. Rousseau and Epenesa are good. Bosa is good Oliver is better than good Bernard when healthy is good

 

We have plenty of talent on defense

 

 

I think you are overestimating the talent.

 

Bosa is good vs pass, bad vs run.

Benford, Rousseau and Epenesa are average.

Hairston, Bishop and Walker may be good but are inconsistent right now.

 

OTOH, you have Poyer, Bernard, Milano, Jones, and Johnson all staring and all below average.

[Turbo44]

1 hour ago, BillsFan130 said:

Amazing what happens when Joe Brady actually lets him throw and not run it 55 percent of the time 

Brady had no choice as the running game was terrible. Not many games where both of your lines are dominated in the run game (though pass protection was very good) and you have three turnovers and still won. Reason: Josh despite his AWFUL 6 tds today 

[Allen2Moulds]

2 hours ago, Generic_Bills_Fan said:

Thompson has looked pretty legit tbh…Bernard is definitely splitting time or getting outright benched when he comes back 

Bernard was god awful today, and has been bad must of the year. Coming from a guy that really liked Bernard coming into the season. 

He's definitely playing hurt. He should not be losing a foot race to Baker. How are you going to keep up with backs and TEs.

[KHAN]

14 minutes ago, 4th&long said:

Does anybody know what the ***** McD Defensive philosophy is? What the hell is he trying to do? That defense is total trash. We might have 2 good players with a few rookies we can hope devlop. 

Maybe his philosophy is to do what he can with very few good players. 

I think they are trying to stop the pass as much as possible. If they sold out against the run, they would probably give up 400 passing yards. 

 

The injuries have destroyed any chance of this defense being "good". 

[Slack_in_MA]

8 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

We have a lot of good players tbh

 

Benford is great. Hairston and Bishop might be great. Walker as well. Rousseau and Epenesa are good. Bosa is good Oliver is better than good Bernard when healthy is good

 

We have plenty of talent on defense

 

 

You didn’t mention any LBs… 😬 

[mannc]

16 minutes ago, BananaB said:

What about the long runs?

That’s a bug…

[CircleTheWagons99]

Finally. The clear as day holds are being called. 

[Allen2Moulds]

2 hours ago, Simon said:

 

I think it will be Milano that goes to the pine.

I thought Bernard looked much better today than he has almost all year.

I'm sorry, but Bernard looked awful to me. I think he's playing with a flat tire. Several times he had the jump on Baker, and Baksr easily outran him. Baker Mayfield is far from fast. 

[Best Williams Available]

Special teams was great. No penalties and kickoff return was exceptional. 1 bad punt return really helped out the Bucs. The second half would have been a blow out had that not happened. 

[Tulsabillsfanz]

1 minute ago, Allen2Moulds said:

I'm sorry, but Bernard looked awful to me. I think he's playing with a flat tire. Several times he had the jump on Baker, and Baksr easily outran him. Baker Mayfield is far from fast. 

I noticed Bernard’s lack of speed, too. I remember him being much quicker a couple years ago.